Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – February 8th 2024
The Canadian premiere of Gity Razor’s Methuselah and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with soloist Blake Pouliot are performed alongside Rimsky-Korsakov’s classic masterpiece Scheherazade.
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – February 7th 2024
The Canadian premiere of Gity Razor’s Methuselah and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with soloist Blake Pouliot are performed alongside Rimsky-Korsakov’s classic masterpiece Scheherazade.
Costa Mesa, California, USA – December 2nd 2023
Drawing on Native American and African American musical themes and Bohemian folk tunes, Dvorák’s New World Symphony remains one of the most popular works of classical music. Chopin’s romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring French pianist David Fray and Sofia Gubaidulina’s Fairy-Tale Poem complete the program.
Costa Mesa, California, USA – December 1st 2023
Drawing on Native American and African American musical themes and Bohemian folk tunes, Dvorák’s New World Symphony remains one of the most popular works of classical music. Chopin’s romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring French pianist David Fray and Sofia Gubaidulina’s Fairy-Tale Poem complete the program.
Costa Mesa, California, USA – November 30th 2023
Drawing on Native American and African American musical themes and Bohemian folk tunes, Dvorák’s New World Symphony remains one of the most popular works of classical music. Chopin’s romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 featuring French pianist David Fray and Sofia Gubaidulina’s Fairy-Tale Poem complete the program.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – November 23rd 2023
Richard Strauss’s Don Juan and Death and Transfiguration are performed alongside two world premiere companion pieces by contemporary Canadian composers Kelly-Marie Murphy and Kevin Lau. Soloist Felix Klieser interprets Mozart’s Horn Fourth Concerto.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – November 22nd 2023
Richard Strauss’s Don Juan and Death and Transfiguration are performed alongside two world premiere companion pieces by contemporary Canadian composers Kelly-Marie Murphy and Kevin Lau. Soloist Felix Klieser interprets Mozart’s Horn Fourth Concerto.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – November 1st 2023
For this year’s NAC Gala, Alexander Shelley and the National Arts Centre Orchestra are joined by superstar soprano Renee Fleming
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – September 14th 2023
FOCUS: CLARA, ROBERT, JOHANNES continues with a concert featuring Brahms’s mighty 1st Symphony and Schumann’s Cello Concerto with soloist Nicolas Altstaedt. Soprano Midori Marsh and pianist Darren Creech perform a selection of Clara Schumann’s songs.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – September 21st 2023
A brilliant finale to the FOCUS: CLARA, ROBERT, JOHANNES Festival: soloists James Ehnes and Nicolas Altstaedt team up for the first time in Brahms’s Double Concerto, Isata Kanneh-Mason performs Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto and two brand new orchestrations of Clara’s songs are given their world premieres.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – September 13th 2023
Alexander Shelley and the NAC Orchestra open their 2023/2024 season with FOCUS: CLARA, ROBERT, JOHANNES – a festival that represents the culmination of their multi-year recording cycle of the music of Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. They are joined this evening by pianists Emanuel Ax for Brahms’s 1st Piano Concerto, as well as by soprano Alex Hetherington and pianists Liz Upchurch who will perform some of Clara’s songs. Schumann’s 1st Symphony rounds out the program.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – September 20th 2023
In this third concert of the FOCUS: CLARA, ROBERT, JOHANNES Festival, the NAC Orchestra and Alexander Shelley are joined by soloist James Ehnes for Brahms’s Violin Concerto. Robert Schumann’s 3rd Symphony and Clara Schumann’s songs, interpreted by Alex Hetherington and Liz Upchurch round out the program.